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Xylorhiza tortifolia
Also called Mojave Aster, Hurt Leaf Woody Aster
Xylorhiza tortifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names Mojave-aster and Mojave woodyaster. The plant forms a small shrub with glandular leaves. The flower rays can be lavender, light blue, or white. Some varieties are known.
Native to southwestern North America, the plant can be found in deserts and washes. The Havasupai found uses for its fragrance.
The flowering plant is native to the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and Great Basin Desert ecoregions of the southwestern United States, California, and northwestern Mexico.
The Havasupai used the plant for incense and fragrance, with ground leaves carried in the clothes and used as perfume by men and women to counteract body odors.
Mecca woodyaster · Henrieville woodyaster · Cronquist's woodyaster · Orcutt's aster · Woodyaster
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylorhiza tortifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
